Ottawa municipal election, 2006

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Ottawa mayoral election, 2006

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Nominee Larry O'Brien Alex Munter Bob Chiarelli
Popular vote141,262108,75246,697
Percentage47.08%36.25%15.56%

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Popular vote results by Ward
Mayor before election

Bob Chiarelli

Elected Mayor

Larry O'Brien

Campaign signs posted at the corner of Metcalfe Street and Catherine Street for leading mayoral candidates Bob Chiarelli, Larry O'Brien and Alex Munter. Ottawaelection06.JPG
Campaign signs posted at the corner of Metcalfe Street and Catherine Street for leading mayoral candidates Bob Chiarelli, Larry O'Brien and Alex Munter.

The 2006 Ottawa municipal election was held on November 13, 2006, in Ottawa, Canada, to elect the mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and the Ottawa-Carleton Public and Catholic School Boards. The election was one of many races across the province of Ontario. See Ontario municipal elections, 2006.

Ottawa Federal capital city in Ontario, Canada

Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It stands on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of southern Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec; the two form the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area (CMA) and the National Capital Region (NCR). As of 2016, Ottawa had a city population of 934,243 and a metropolitan population of 1,323,783 making it the fourth-largest city and the fifth-largest CMA in Canada.

Ottawa City Council

The Ottawa City Council is the governing body of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is composed of 23 city councillors and the mayor. The mayor is elected at large, while each of the councillors represent wards throughout the city. Council members are elected to four year terms with the last election being on October 22, 2018. The council meets at Ottawa City Hall in downtown Ottawa. Much of the council's work is done in the standing committees made up sub-groups of councillors. The decisions made in these committees are presented to the full council and voted upon.

Contents

The race featured three main candidates: incumbent mayor Bob Chiarelli, former Kanata councillor Alex Munter and businessman Larry O'Brien. The race began as a fight between Chiarelli and Munter, with Munter getting the edge and 2003 candidate Terry Kilrea in a close third. However, in the summer O'Brien joined the campaign, prompting Kilrea to drop out and endorse Chiarelli. However, most of Kilrea's support went to O'Brien, creating a tight three-way race. Chiarelli's support then got pulled away from the right by O'Brien and to the left by Munter and was eventually depleted, and by the last weekend before the election, O'Brien had caught up to Munter and led for the first time. This lead carried through on election day.

Bob Chiarelli Canadian politician

Robert Chiarelli is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who served from 1987 to 1997 and again from 2010 to 2018 who represented the ridings of Ottawa West and Ottawa West—Nepean. He was the Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carleton from 1997 to 2001 and was mayor of Ottawa from 2001 to 2006. He served in the provincial cabinets of Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne.

Alex Munter politician and journalist in Ottawa

Alexander Mathias "Alex" Munter is the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), and a former elected official and business owner in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Larry OBrien (Canadian politician) Canadian politician

Lawrence Robert O'Brien is a Canadian businessman and politician. O'Brien served as the 58th mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from 2006 until 2010. O'Brien was the founder and former Chair and CEO of Calian Technologies Ltd.

In the end, Munter could only win his core areas in the central part of the city, plus his former home of Kanata, while O'Brien won the rest of the city—suburban areas and the rural areas (where he did especially well). Chiarelli did not win any wards, but he did finish second in Gloucester-South Nepean with 28%. This area of the city was where his O-Train proposal was going to be built.

Kanata, Ontario Community in Ontario, Canada

Kanata is one of the largest suburbs of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is about 22 km (14 mi) west of the city's downtown. As of 2016, Kanata had a population of 90,806 and is growing rapidly. Before it was amalgamated into Ottawa in 2001, it was one of the fastest growing cities in Canada and the fastest growing community in Eastern Ontario. Located just to the west of the National Capital Commission Greenbelt, it is one of the largest of several communities that surround central Ottawa. It is a planned community and an important high tech centre.

O-Train

The O-Train is a light rapid transit transit system in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada operated by OC Transpo. It currently has one line in operation, the diesel-powered Trillium Line, with a second line, the electrically-operated Confederation Line, under construction and set to open in early 2019.

Results

Voter turn-out

The 2006 municipal election had one of the highest voter turn-out ratios in Ottawa's history, with 54%.[ citation needed ]

Mayor

Mayor
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CandidatePiotr Anweiler Bob Chiarelli (inc.)Robert Larter Alex Munter Larry O'Brien Barkley Pollock Jane Scharf
Votes762466976671087521412624321467
%0.25%15.56%0.22%36.25%47.08%0.14%0.49%
+/---40.97%-----
Residence Carlington Carlingwood Vanier* Downtown Byward Market Centretown Vanier
Results by Ward
Orléans 44232532642289282378
Innes 32195927548867751647
Barrhaven 3127341429596989540
Kanata North 106191050364498532
West Carleton-
March 		1382413271664091129
Stittsville-
Kanata West 		971712281451871026
Bay 472949365593745831117
College 493191375672105133277
Knoxdale-
Merivale 		37234519380377201446
Gloucester-
Southgate 		40268527356163102068
Beacon Hill-Cyrville 36168640430151902254
Rideau-Vanier 452377716442342031135
Rideau-
Rockcliffe 		44233373527244951887
Somerset 571725475916287323112
Kitchissippi 44241427714953042672
River 47302537484666252865
Capital 472319197056423734111
Alta Vista 36305545531967841378
Cumberland 17156724422359952356
Osgoode 1011239153663541038
Rideau-
Goulbourn 		12110310224073091240
Gloucester-
South Nepean 		2225581920084621624
Kanata South 33106419838072681935

* : Last known residence

City council

Orléans Ward (Ward 1)
CandidateVotes%
Bob Monette (X)1220169.98%
Dennis Vowles523530.02%
Innes Ward (Ward 2)
CandidateVotes%
Rainer Bloess (X)1174683.65%
David Cameron229616.35%
Barrhaven Ward (Ward 3)
CandidateVotes%
Jan Harder (X)943374.94%
Joe King146811.66%
T.K. Chu8536.78%
Catherine Gardner8336.62%
Kanata North Ward (Ward 4)
CandidateVotes%
Marianne Wilkinson 366136.23%
Jeff Seeton264126.41%
Matt Muirhead210520.83%
Anu Bose160615.89%
Eric Forgrave910.90%
West Carleton-March Ward (Ward 5)
CandidateVotes%
Eli El-Chantiry (X)668367.13%
J. P. Dorion327332.87%
Stittsville-Kanata West Ward (Ward 6)
CandidateVotes%
Shad Qadri 628772.02%
Gilles R. Chasles244227.98%
Bay Ward (Ward 7)
CandidateVotes%
Alex Cullen (X)839352.69%
Terry Kilrea630339.57%
Sherril Noble12347.75%
College Ward (Ward 8)
CandidateVotes%
Rick Chiarelli (X)1376172.59%
Brett Delmage376519.86%
Laura Lee Doupe14327.55%
Knoxdale-Merivale Ward (Ward 9)
CandidateVotes%
Gord Hunter (X)1046178.13%
James Dean292921.87%
Gloucester-Southgate Ward (Ward 10)
CandidateVotes%
Diane Deans (X)924274.73%
Douglas Besharah166013.42%
David Alloggia146511.85%
Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward (Ward 11)
CandidateVotes%
Michel Bellemare (X)690561.73%
Frank Reid428138.27%
Rideau-Vanier Ward (Ward 12)
CandidateVotes%
Georges Bédard (X)568546.72%
Bruce McConville548245.06%
Krista Driscoll10008.22%
Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward (Ward 13)
CandidateVotes%
Jacques Legendre (X)745062.35%
Maurice Lamirande195316.34%
James T. Parker124810.44%
Jules Bouvier10779.01%
Muinis Ramadan2211.85%
Somerset Ward (Ward 14)
CandidateVotes%
Diane Holmes (X)660063.07%
Luc Lapointe178217.03%
George Guirguis149714.31%
Karen Dawe3593.43%
I. Ben-Tahir2262.16%
Kitchissippi Ward (Ward 15)
CandidateVotes%
Christine Leadman 594941.12%
Gary Ludington457131.59%
Vicky Smallman357624.72%
Daniel Narwa3722.57%
River Ward (Ward 16)
CandidateVotes%
Maria McRae (X)927865.51%
Blake Batson488534.49%
Capital Ward (Ward 17)
CandidateVotes%
Clive Doucet (X)649548.14%
Jay Nordenstrom460234.11%
Ian Boyd196314.55%
Sean Curran4333.21%
Alta Vista Ward (Ward 18)
CandidateVotes%
Peter Hume (X)1043369.53%
James Ryan195513.03%
Perry Marleau11907.93%
Yusef Al Mezel10637.08%
Ahmed Ibrahim2241.49%
Ismael Lediye1410.94%
Cumberland Ward (Ward 19)
CandidateVotes%
Rob Jellett (X)830671.55%
Henry Valois211018.18%
Dan Biocchi 119210.27%
Osgoode Ward (Ward 20)
CandidateVotes%
Doug Thompson (X)768185.44%
Robert Fowler130914.56%
Rideau-Goulbourn Ward (Ward 21)
CandidateVotes%
Glenn Brooks (X)467844.41%
Scott Moffatt 320530.43%
Iain McCallum134512.77%
Jim Stewart130512.39%
Gloucester-South Nepean Ward (Ward 22)
CandidateVotes%
Steve Desroches 359939.72%
Andrew S. Haydon 260228.72%
Eric Lamoureux121513.41%
Robert McKenney4494.96%
Tanya Thompson103711.45%
Don Dransfield1581.74%
Kanata South Ward (Ward 23)
CandidateVotes%
Peggy Feltmate (X)834450.05%
Allan Hubley 563133.78%
Amrik Dhami13147.88%
Richard Rutkowski8114.86%
Suraj Harish5713.43%

Dropped out

Kitchissippi Ward (Ward 15)

College Ward (Ward 8)

  • Dana Barnett withdrew as per her Media Release dated Sept. 6, 2006.

Kanata South (Ward 23)

  • Noel Z. Gondek withdrew and on Sept. 29, 2006.

Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Trustees

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Zone 1 (Wards 5, 6, 21)
CandidateVotes%
Lynn Scott (X)1529977.28%
Jon Morgan449922.72%
Zone 2 (Wards 4, 23)
CandidateVotes%
Cathy CurryACCLAIMED
Zone 3 (Wards 3, 9)
CandidateVotes%
Alex Getty1262979.97%
Frank St. Denis316420.03%
Zone 4 (Ward 7)
CandidateVotes%
Margaret Lange (X)889384.82%
Samuel Getachew159215.18%
Zone 5 (Ward 8)
CandidateVotes%
Pam FitzGerald905276.58%
Cleve Hamilton276923.42%
Zone 6 (Wards 13, 18)
CandidateVotes%
Bronwyn Funiciello (X)795553.27%
Russ Jackson697946.73%
Zone 7 (Wards 10, 20, 22)
CandidateVotes%
Tom Connolly823947.51%
Greg Laws (X)910252.49%
Zone 8 (Wards 1, 19)
CandidateVotes%
John Caputo7245.98%
David Loveridge453637.49%
Qamar Masood10548.71%
John Shea578447.81%
Zone 9 (Wards 12, 17)
CandidateVotes%
Rob CampbellACCLAIMED
Zone 10 (Wards 14, 15)
CandidateVotes%
Jennifer McKenzie 919854.38%
Joan Spice (X)771645.62%
Zone 11 (Ward 16)
CandidateVotes%
Riley Brockington (X)561765.75%
Patrick Ready292634.25%
Zone 12 (Wards 2, 11)
CandidateVotes%
David Moen (X)845378.03%
Michel Tardif238021.97%

Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board Trustees

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Zone 1 (Wards 5, 6, 20, 21)
CandidateVotes%
John Curry (X)ACCLAIMED
Zone 2 (Wards 4, 23)
CandidateVotes%
Romeo BellaiACCLAIMED
Zone 3 (Wards 1, 19)
CandidateVotes%
Stephen Blais 312455.30%
Des Curley (X)252544.70%
Zone 4 (Wards 3, 22)
CandidateVotes%
Teri-Lynne Belanger205536.37%
Cathy Maguire-Urban359663.63%
Zone 5 (Wards 2, 11)
CandidateVotes%
Dominic Roszak116928.63%
Kaitlin Sheskay291471.37%
Zone 6 (Wards 8, 9)
CandidateVotes%
Gord Butler (X)530169.88%
John Chiarelli228530.12%
Zone 7 (Wards 7, 15)
CandidateVotes%
Betty-Ann Kealey (X)268456.07%
Chris Wong116924.42%
Charles Yellen93419.51%
Zone 8 (Wards 10, 18)
CandidateVotes%
Mark D. Mullan (X)ACCLAIMED
Zone 9 (Wards 16, 17)
CandidateVotes%
Kathy Ablett (X)321366.41%
Patrycja Anweiler58312.05%
Su Choi Broussard104221.54%
Zone 10 (Wards 12, 13, 14)
CandidateVotes%
Thérèse Maloney Cousineau (X)ACCLAIMED

Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française du Centre-Est Trustees

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Zone 4 (Wards 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 23)
CandidateVotes%
Marie Biron (X)ACCLAIMED
Zone 5 (Wards 3, 9, 15, 16, 21, 22)
CandidateVotes%
Jacques Duplain87931.92%
Andrée Newell114741.65%
Denis Vermeirre72826.43%
Zone 6 (Wards 12, 14, 17)
CandidateVotes%
Diane Doré (X)ACCLAIMED
Zone 7 (Ward 2)
CandidateVotes%
Monique Briand (X)ACCLAIMED
Zone 8 (Ward 19)
CandidateVotes%
Dan Boudria132738.82%
Lise Cloutier (X)119534.96%
Benoît Chiquette89626.21%
Zone 9 (Ward 1)
CandidateVotes%
Madelaine Chevalier (X)ACCLAIMED
Zone 10 (Wards 10, 18, 20)
CandidateVotes%
Patrick Boucher103032.29%
Robert Tremblay (X)216067.71%
Zone 11 (Wards 11, 13)
CandidateVotes%
Brian Beauchamp (X)215938.82%
Donna Martin98317.67%
Denis Poirier242043.51%

Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario Trustees

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Zone 6 (Wards 10, 19, 20)
CandidateVotes%
Georges OrfaliACCLAIMED
Zone 7 (Ward 1)
CandidateVotes%
Pierre Maheu (X)ACCLAIMED
Zone 8 (Wards 2, 11)
CandidateVotes%
Chantal Lecours (X)131365.52%
Fayek Tabet854.24%
Pierre Tessier60630.24%
Zone 9 (Wards 13, 18)
CandidateVotes%
Marielle Godbout (X)123685.71%
Dorcase Saintil20614.29%
Zone 10 (Ward 12)
CandidateVotes%
Denis Chartrand94358.57%
Abdi Aden Chil (X)31319.44%
Osman Daher835.16%
Alexandra Samson27116.83%
Zone 11 (Wards 14-17)
CandidateVotes%
Jean-Paul Lafond (X)ACCLAIMED
Zone 12 (Wards 3-9, 21-23)
CandidateVotes%
Bernard Bareilhe (X)ACCLAIMED

Candidates for mayor

Registered candidates

Piotr Anweiler: Local businessman. President of AplusB Software Corporation. [3]

Bob Chiarelli : Incumbent mayor, has been mayor of Ottawa since 2001, and was regional chair of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton prior. He is also a former Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament. [4]

Robert Larter: Unknown candidate. The Ottawa Citizen reported his registered phone number was traceable to an apartment in Vanier, from where he moved away during the summer. The Citizen was unable to contact him.

Alex Munter : Former city councillor in Kanata (1991–1994), regional councillor (1994–2000) and former Ottawa city councillor (2000–2003). Ran for the Ontario New Democratic Party in Carleton in the 1990 election. Openly gay, Munter was also the co-ordinator for Canadians for Equal Marriage. [5]

Larry O'Brien : Chairman and former CEO of Calian Technologies Ltd., an Ottawa-based company that sells technology services to industry and government. [6]

Barkley Pollock: Twenty-seven-year-old wants to look at the possibility of a municipal income tax to increase money for the poor. Campaigned for Liberal Richard Mahoney in Ottawa Centre in the 2004 and 2006 federal elections. [7]

Jane Scharf : Local poverty activist. She has been arrested more than once including an arrest during the Homeless Action Strike on City Hall. All charges were dropped. [8]

Dropped out

Don Rivington: A single-issue candidate who wants an ombudsman for the city. Ran for city council in the 2003 election in Bay Ward but lost. Dropped out of the Orléans Ward by-election in 2006. [9]

Terry Kilrea: Placed second in the 2003 election. Kilrea is generally regarded as a conservative. He ran for the Conservative Party of Canada's nomination race in Ottawa South in the 2004 election but lost. Withdrew on August 30, 2006 and will endorse Chiarelli. Will run as councillor candidate in Bay Ward against Alex Cullen. [10]

Not running

Poll results

Polling FirmPolling DatesLink Bob Chiarelli Alex Munter Larry O'Brien Terry Kilrea (dropped out)other/non-runnersundecided and/or not voting MOE +/−
Decima 7–9 November 2006 11%32%37%—??2.85% (19/20)
UniMarketing 2–7 November 2006 20%34%25%—1%20%4% (19/20)
Strategic Counsel 1–4 November 2006 17%29%27%—2%25%4.4% (19/20)
Holinshed 31 October - 1 November 2006 22%28%24%——19%5% (19/20)
UniMarketing13 October 2006 - 18 October 2006 23%31%21%—1%†224%3.6% (19/20)
Holinshed14 October 2006 – 15 October 2006 21%30%26%—2%†221%4.13% (19/20)
Leger Marketing 29 September 2006 – 8 October 2006 32%^37%^31%^——17%4.0% (19/20)
Holinshed25 September 2006 – 27 September 2006 28.1%27.5%22.3%—??4.6% (?/?)
Decima18 September 2006 – 25 September 2006 24%25%20%——31%4.9% (19/20)
Holinshed1 September 2006 * 22.5%24.2%18%—???
Holinshed28 July 2006 * 20%25%6.8%14%~3%†29%?
Decima23 June 2006 – 26 June 2006 20%22%—12%~3%†46%4.9% (19/20)
Decima24 February 2006 – 4 March 2006 20%27%—14%1%38%4.9% (19/20)
Decima30 April 2005 *127%^28%^—14%^31%^??

?indicates statistic not stated/unknown
—indicates candidate's name not included in polling question
*indicates poll release date - actual polling date(s) unknown
^indicates percentage of decided voters only
†2indicates percentage of votes for Piotr Anweiller, Robert Larter, Barkley Pollock and Jane Scharf
†indicates percentage of votes for Piotr Anweiller, Barkley Pollock and Jane Scharf
1 Source: Ottawa Sun , 30 April 2005

Endorsements

Bob Chiarelli

Alex Munter

Larry O'Brien

Jane Scharf

Timeline

Issues

Ward boundary changes

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New ward boundaries

New ward boundaries were drawn for the 2006 election. Under the new plan, the size of city council will be increased by two members. The boundary commission made the following proposal that was adopted by city council:

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References

  1. ↑ Ottsun.canoe.ca
  2. ↑ Ottawa.ca Archived 2006-08-06 at the Wayback Machine .
  3. ↑ Anweiler.ca
  4. ↑ Bobchiarelli.com
  5. ↑ Alexmunter.ca
  6. ↑ Larryformayor.ca
  7. ↑ Myspace.com
  8. ↑ Takebackcityhall.info
  9. ↑ Ombudsmanforottawa.ca
  10. ↑ Kilreaformayor.ca
  11. ↑ Ottsun.canoe.ca
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